A Tale of Two Cities and Things Fall Apart are both novels of social protest. Both novels are focused largely on class struggle. The broad theme of class struggle is important, but it is also important to note how Madame and Monsieur Defarge react to the unjust monarchy in revolutionary France compared with Okonkwo’s reactions to the class struggles in the Ibo tribe. This comparison is important because these characters’ actions set the tone …showed first 75 words of 553 total…

…showed last 75 words of 553 total…differences between Okonkwo and the Defarges, both start from similar backgrounds. Both Dickens and Achebe have characters from the low end of society because it helps to show class struggle. Class struggle not only sums up the French revolution, which was the backdrop of A Tale of Two Cities, but was the motivating factor for nearly all of Okonkwo's actions. Struggle between classes in society was a crucial part of the theme of both novels.